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The Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA), recently adopted by the EU Council, paves the way for the European industry to deliver 10% of extraction, 40% of refining and 15% of recycling of key minerals by 2030. The new law identifies two lists of materials — 34 critical and 17 strategic — that are crucial for the green transition. Lithium is one of a small group of highly significant critical raw materials. Why Lithium?Lithium has been classified as a key component in the EU’s quest to ditch fossil fuels and switch to clean energy as the mineral is set to see increased demand for the massive produ...
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Malta's Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne continues to be the country's first choice for commissioner in the forthcoming EU executive, diplomats have confirmed, despite being charged by prosecutors on suspicion of misappropriation and fraud according to a judicial document seen by Euronews. The charges relate to the country’s latest corruption scandal involving the privatisation of three state hospitals in deal between the Maltese government and Vitals Global Healthcare, dating to the time when Fearne was health minister in the island republic, a post he held until January this year. In a Fac...
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Online platform X has received a request for additional information about its decision to reduce its content moderators by 20% compared to October last year, the European Commission said today (8 May). The move is a next step in an ongoing investigation which the Commission started in December 2023 related to X's handling of risk management, content moderation, dark patterns, advertising transparency and data access for researchers under the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA). The Commission said today that it wants to know more about why the platform reduced its linguistic coverage within the bl...
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EU diplomats agreed Wednesday to use income from frozen Russian state assets to aid Ukraine – paving the way for the war-torn country to get around €3 bn for arms purchases and reconstruction before the summer. Since the full-scale invasion of 2022, €210 billion in assets of the Moscow central bank have sat frozen within the bloc – chiefly at the Euroclear depositary in Belgium. The deal was agreed “in principle” at a regular meeting of national representatives, according to a tweet by Belgium, currently chairing talks in the European Council. Brussels has long touted using the interest from t...
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The European Parliament must publish details of the expense claims made by jailed Golden Dawn MEP Ioannis Lagos, judges said today (8 May). Lagos was sentenced by a Greek court to over 13 years in jail when his far-right party was deemed a criminal organisation in 2020, but continued to claim a salary and expenses from the European Parliament for months after. The request for information is legitimate as it’s "intended to facilitate enhanced public scrutiny and accountability with regard to Mr Lagos’ access to public funds” in the exceptional circumstances of the case, the EU’s General Court s...
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Redirecting subsidies from foodstuffs produced from high-emission rearing, such as beef cattle, towards those with fewer emissions can help the developed world including Europe to achieve net zero emissions, the World Bank said in its first strategic framework on food production impact on climate change. “High-income countries should decrease consumer demand for emissions-intensive, animal-source foods by fully pricing environmental and health externalities, repurposing subsidies, and promoting sustainable food options,” the report, released on Tuesday (7 May), reads. The Washington-based fina...
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Meta’s Facebook and Instagram last week (30 April) became subject to an investigation under the EU’s online platform rules for seemingly lacking the robustness to counter Russian disinformation, the latest in a series of probes into platforms’ handling of the Digital Services Act (DSA). Baltic and Nordic NGOs and researchers have painted a bleak picture of big tech's efforts to stop pro-Kremlin trolls, and doubt if these probes will put a halt to ongoing disinformation campaigns aimed at undermining NATO and the EU, while trying to bolster Russia’s credibility. Faktabaari, a Finnish fact-check...
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Trade unions from 11 different EU countries have written to data protection authorities across the bloc asking them to investigate Amazon’s data surveillance practices, according to a letter seen by Euronews today (7 May). The union leaders, from European countries where Amazon’s warehouses employ significant numbers of workers – including Austria, Germany, Ireland and Spain – question the online marketplace’s use of surveillance and algorithmic management. They claim that the tech giant uses hand scanners, activity monitoring software, video cameras, GPS devices and other tracking technologie...
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Investment in clean technologies such as solar photovoltaics (PV), batteries, wind power, electrolysers and heat pumps soared by 70% last year with China accounting for three-quarters of global investments, according to a report published today (May 6) by the International Energy Agency (IEA) assessing the pace of clean tech manufacturing. China houses more than 80% of global solar PV module manufacturing capacity and battery production and is the world’s largest exporter of EV batteries, accounting for about 70% of total exports in 2023. The Asian giant currently controls nearly 90% of global...
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Key diary datesMonday 6- Wednesday 8 May: High-Level Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) organised by the Belgian presidency of the Council of the EU. Monday 6 May: Deadline for online platforms regulated under the Digital Services Act to submit transparency reports. Tuesday 7 May: NGO Seas at Risk to publish report on under-sea mining. In spotlightEU platform rules return to the spotlight this week, since today (6 May) is the deadline for the largest online platforms – those with more than 45 million users per month – to hand in their transparency reports under the Digital Services A...
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